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Page 67 of 951996 · PDF PAGE 78
…ty is constantly present to the recipient of Her grace, together with a calm and unutterable joy; (2) the Vision of Wonder, in which the whole Mystery of the Universe is constantly understood and admired for its Ingenium and Wisdom. (1) is referred to Tiphareth, the Grade of Adept; (2) to Binah, the grade of Master of the Temple. The certainty concerning death is conferred by the Magical Memory, and various Experiences without which Life is unintelli gible. “peace unutterable” is given by the Trance in which Matter is destroyed; “rest” by that…
1954 · PDF PAGE 194
…its Tunis , should do no harm to all the other harbours similarly ruled. This brings us to the first Big Jump in the steeplechase of the whole science. We hear of thousands of people being killed at the same time (within an hour or two, perhaps a minute or two) by earthquake, shipwreck, explosion, battle or other form of violence. Was the horoscope of every one of the victims marked with the probability of some such end? I have known very strange cases of coincidence, but not to that extent! The answer, I believe, is manifold. It might be, for …
1929 · PDF PAGE 298
…; possibly I was Ko Hs'uen. East of the Mekong, the path becomes much less satisfactory, partly owing to the geological differences. The whole country between Sha Yang and Chu Tung is across a steep wide range. There are innumerable barrancas, with which Mexico had made me familiar. The atmosphere of China had by this time begun to soak into my soul. Chinese art explained itself as inspired by Chinese nature. There is a vast, free, pale, delicate expanse of colour and form, whose lines are visibly determined by the very structure of the globe i…
1954 · PDF PAGE 236
"GOD" AND "SELF" 203 complex," giving rise later on, in certain cases to whole legions of neuroses. Now then make it a little clearer, please, just what you mean by 'higher'. Skeat seems to connect it with hills, swellings, boils, the maternal breast; is that reason enough for us to connect it with the idea of advantage, or-'superiority' merely translates it into Latin!-worth, or-no, it's really too difficult. Of course, sometimes it has a "bad" meaning, as of temperature in fever; but nearly always it implies a condition preferable to "low. " …
1929 · PDF PAGE 24
…cular thing, making every impression the starting point of a connected sériés of thoughts ending in that thing. He might also devote his whole energies to some one particular object, by resolving to do nothing at variance therewith, and to make every act turn to the advantage of that object.) (18) He may attract to himself any force of the Uni verse by making himself a fit réceptacle for it, establishing a connection with it, and arranging conditions so that its nature compels it to flow toward him. (Illustration: If I want pure water to drink,…
1954 · PDF PAGE 120
…e, is armed with a sword far mightier than Excalibur. He has been entrusted with a new Magical formula, one which can be accepted by the whole human race. Its adoption will strengthen the Yellow School by giving a more positive value to their Theory; while leaving the postulates of the Black
1954 · PDF PAGE 175
…a definite goal. But this is not the case. Thinking of the goal actually serves to distract the mind. In these few words is included the whole method without all the bombastic piety of the servile doctrine of mysticism about the surrender of the Will. Nor is this idea of surrender actually correct ; the will must be identified with the Divine Will, so-called. One wants to become like a mighty flowing river, which is not consciously aiming at the sea, and is certainly not yielding to any external influence. It is acting in conformity with the la…
1910 · PDF PAGE 87
…d over with cow- dung, and should be free from all insects. Outside it should be a small corridor with a raised seat and a well, and the whole should be surrounded by a wall... .* ili. Time. The hours in which Yoga should be performed vary with the instructions of the Guru, but usually they should be four times a day, at sunrise, mid-day, sunset and mid-night. iv. Food. According to the ‘“ Hatha-Yoga Pradipika”: “ Moderate good men but talk little; secondly, should eat little; thirdly, should renounce the company of men, the company of women, a…
1910 · PDF PAGE 87
…d over with cow- dung, and should be free from all insects. Outside it should be a small corridor with a raised seat and a well, and the whole should be surrounded by a wall... .* ili. Time. The hours in which Yoga should be performed vary with the instructions of the Guru, but usually they should be four times a day, at sunrise, mid-day, sunset and mid-night. iv. Food. According to the ‘“ Hatha-Yoga Pradipika”: “ Moderate good men but talk little; secondly, should eat little; thirdly, should renounce the company of men, the company of women, a…
1922 · PDF PAGE 21
… thought or spoilt his style. Sitting next him was a weak, good-natured, working journalist named Vernon Gibbs. He wrote practically the whole of a weekly paper—had done, year after year with the versatility of a practised pen and the mechanical perseverance of an instrument which has been worn by practice into perfect easi- ness. Yet the man had a mind for all that. Some instinct told him that he had been meant for better things. D.D.F. B
1929 · PDF PAGE 23
…sing, anytbing which he perçoives, for everything thaï he perçoives is in a certain sense a part of his being. He may thus subjugate the whole Universe of which he is conscious to his individual Will. (Illustration: Man has used the idea of God to dictate his Personal conduct, to obtain power over his fellows, to excuse his crimes, and for innumerable other purposes, including that of realizing himself as God. He has used the irrational and unreal conceptions of mathematics to help him in the construction of mechanical devices. He has used his …
1929 · PDF PAGE 33
… moment what had been in his mind flashed into mine. It is a blind abyss, I told him, and there hangs in it a vulture vaster than the whole starry system. Yes, he said, that was it. But that was not all. I could not get beyond it. I shall try again. He tried. Again I was cut off from his thought, al- though his face was twitching so that one might have said that any one might read his mind. I have been looking in the wrong place, said he suddenly, but very quietly and without moving. The thing I want lies at the base of the spine. T…
1954 · PDF PAGE 186
…n"; be careful to assume his God-form, as standing on two crocodiles.) Then you increase your consumption, and at the same time put in a whole lot of extra Work. If you perform this "Act of Truth" properly, with genuine conviction that nothing can go wrong, your messenger will arrive a day early, and bring an extra large supply . This, let me say at once, is very difficult, especially at first , until one has gained confidence in the efficacy of the Formula; and it is very nastily easy to "fake." Going through the motions (as they say) is more …
1954 · PDF PAGE 453
…that the button works loose and is lost! Even in less exalted circles, any absolute ruler, on however petty a scale, is liable to go the whole hog in an unexceptionably hoggish fashion. He has none to gainsay him, and he sees no reason for controlling himself. This suits nearly everybody pretty well; the shrewd Wazir can govern while his "master" fills up on "The King's Peg" (we must try one when champagne is once again reasonably cheap) and all the other sensuous and sensual delights unstinted. The result is that by the time he is twenty-he wa…
1929 · PDF PAGE 559
…t. I shall be very surprised if sooner or later, she does not find her true will. For her only foes are ignorance and fear. Her heart is whole and honest. With Helen the case was very different. I had met her in Paris early in '21, taken her to lunch at Lavenue's several times, and introduced her to some of my friends. I saw in the first few minutes that her life was one long pang. She had nothing to look back upon with pleasure or any hope for the future. Her face told the tale. The skin was dry, wrinkled and jaundiced; the thin lips were comp…
1922 · PDF PAGE 338
…in which courage was so strongly marked. * Yes, I think I see it now. He forces one to come to what I might call the point of death. The whole of life is reviewed in perspective, and its meaning seized. But instead of being snatched away to face the unknown, as in the case of death, one has the opportunity and the necessity to take up the old life from the point at which one left off, with a clear apprehension of the past which determines the future. That is the meaning of what he calls initiation. I understand ‘Thou hast
1954 · PDF PAGE 268
…ation of Tao as described in the text , it is the most misleading of the three . For TO ON possesses an extensive connotation implying a whole system of Platonic concepts, than which nothing can be more alien to the essential quality of the Tao. Tao is neither 'being' nor 'not being' in any sense which Europe could understand. It is neither existence , nor a condition or form of existence . Equally, TO MH ON gives no idea of Tao. Tao is altogether alien to all that class of thought. From its connection with "that principle which necessarily und…
1909 · PDF PAGE 114
…alk of monism, we feel He does not mean it. Mind and reason reel At this conception. Only in the soul Can we perceive the One Unchanging Whole, At the same time, the book is well worth study ; It summarises thought. The style is [We regret that our space will not admit a more extended review.—ED.] 104
1909 · PDF PAGE 114
…alk of monism, we feel He does not mean it. Mind and reason reel At this conception. Only in the soul Can we perceive the One Unchanging Whole, At the same time, the book is well worth study ; It summarises thought. The style is [We regret that our space will not admit a more extended review.—ED.] 104
1922 · PDF PAGE 220
…re?’ He thinks it his mission in the world to establish this Law of Thelema.” She saw my puzzled look. “‘ Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law,’ ”’ she quoted merrily. “‘ You must have heard those words before ! ”’ I admitted it. We laughed together over our friend's eccentricity. “ He says that to every one he meets,” she explained,